Disinfectant

Disinfectant

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[synonym] Ruyi grass, arrowhead grass (Shanxi Tongzhi), can mouth vegetable, small plow grass, cucumber (Guizhou folk medicine).

[source] the whole plant of Violaceae.

Viola viola

Perennial herbs, 20-30 cm high. Stem oblique or prostrate. 5 cm long, 2-2.5 cm wide, apex obtuse, or triangular, base heart-shaped to meniscus, margin undulate crenate; cauline leaves oblate heart-shaped or triangular heart-shaped, petiole shorter; stipules lanceolate, or linear oblong, 7-20 mm long, entire or sparsely serrate. Flowers white or lavender; pedicel 5-8 cm long; sepals 5, lanceolate, 4-5 mm long; petal spurs 12 mm long, spurs 2-3 mm long; lateral petals slightly hairy; labial petals with purple stripes, shorter than other petals. Capsule glabrous, 3-valved.

Raw field ridge, hillside, ditch wet place. It is distributed in most parts of the country.

[collection] harvest from July to August.

[nature and taste] 1. A textual research on the names and facts of plants: "the taste is bitter and pungent. "

② Guizhou folk medicine: "cool in nature, slightly bitter in taste. "

[functions and indications] 1. Textual research on the names and facts of plants: "to apply evil sores at the end.". "

② Guizhou folk medicine: "clearing heat and detoxifying. Treat moth, knife wound, nameless swelling poison. "

[usage and dosage] external use: mash or grind the powder to adjust the application.

[prescription selection] ① moth treatment: smash the fresh disinfectant, soak in rice washing water, put it in the mouth, and change it at any time; in addition, apply it under the neck, with moth elimination as the degree. (Guizhou folk medicine)

② Treatment of knife injury: appropriate amount of disinfectant. Chew and apply to the wound. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of unknown swelling poison: disinfectant mixed with rice washing water, tamping down, apply to the affected area. (Guizhou herbal medicine)